Candy and process of making the same.



W. B. LASKEY.

CANDY AND PROCESS 0F MAKINGTHE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED 11113.25, 1913.

3L 9 lgjjs 32 5 o Patented Aug. 18, 19M.

VTILLIAM B. LASKEY, OF MARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANDY AND PROCESS OF MAKING- THE SAME.

Moises.

T0 all whom it may concern Be it known that l, VViLLiAM BJLASKEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Marblehead, county of Essex,State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Candy land Processes of Making the Same, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention has for its object a novel piece of candy and the processof making the same.

Heretofore in the manufacture of candy, stick candy has been producedwhich has been rendered porousby wrapping a mass of warm pulled candyaround a stick, removing the stick, pinching together the ends of theinassof candy to close theends of the passage left by the withdrawal ofthe stick, and then repeatedly doubling the candy and pulling it byhand, or over a hook in the well known manner. There has resulted fromthis process a piece of candy having irregularly arranged holesextending for varying distances lengthwise of the stick, but the saidholes or pores have not been arranged in any predetermined pattern andtheir cross sectional area has borne relatively small proportion to thecross sectional area of the piece of candy.

Porous candy is particularly desirable in the trade because of its largebulk in comparison to its weight, and also because it has a sweetertaste than dense candy owing to the fact that it dissolves more rapidly.

The piece of candy embodying my present invention is provided with aseries of holes or passages running lengthwise of the strand of candy asit is formed, the holes being arranged in a predetermined pattern andthe walls separating the holes or passages being very thin. rlfhe totalcross-sectional area of I the walls is very small compared with thecorresponding area of the holes, so that the bulk of the candy inproportion to its weight is very large indeed.

The piece of candy embodying my invention is particularly adapted foruse as stick candy or for use as a center for chocolates, c'. e. to becut into short pieces and coated with chocolate or other material. rlhepassages in the piece may also be filled with a filling, which is fluidor semi-fluid at the time that it is introduced into the passages.

The process of making my improved candy is believed to be novel but wasdescribed in Specification of Letters Patent.

Y Patented Aug. 18, 1914i.

Application led Apri-1 25, 191.3. Serial No. 763,581.

my application for United States Letters Patent filed February 6, 1913,Serial No. Mflbut was not claimed therein, as said application coversthe machine capable of performing the process' claimed herein.

Theinvention will be fully understood by reference to the followingspecification taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, andthe novel features thereof are pointed out and clearly defined in theclaims at the close of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a piece of candyembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of the candy asit comes from the die and before it has been pulled down to the sizeshown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 shows a piece of candy formed as describedherein having tl e passages iilled with some suitable filling material.Fig. e is a section of a die by means of which the pieces of candy shownand described herein are formed. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the die shownin Fig. t.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 a piece ofcandy embodying my invention is indicated at A. llt contains a series ofparallel passages a separated from each other by thin walls b of candy.rl`he passages extend continuously from one edge of the piece to theother and they may be of any desired cross section but I prefer to makethem polygonal and, of the various polygonal shapes, l prefe'r therectangular, so that the sides of the passages may be placed parallel toeach other and the dividing walls may be made as thin as possible.rJl`he candy is formed by being` forced through a die `such as is shownin Figs. 4 and 5 provided with tubular hole-forming members 11, each corresponding in size and shape to a passage in the piec-'e of candy. Thecandy may then be stretched out or pulled down to any desired size asfor instance as shown in Fig.

1. This does not affect the structure of the candy, but reduces thethickness of the walls and the size of the passages roportionally. Bythis means, a piece of cane y may be produced which while vhaving thestructure shown and described will be so delicate and frail that '1twill melt almost instantly in the mouth. The amount which the candy ispulled out if at all will be determined by the composition of the candyand the subsequent use to which it is to be put.

rlFhe candy which is put through the die the lling material contained inthe passages, may, if desired, be relatively small so that whilefinished piece will retain its shape perfectly, when eaten it appearscomposed of semi-Huid material.

The piece of candy embodying my invenn tion may be coated with chocolateor other coatings in the well known manner, or may be formed into sticksor chips.

, While it is not necessary to pull the candy after it emerges from thedie D, it is desirable to do so, because the surface of the candy onpassing through the die receivers a glazed or vitreous appearance, butlacks luster or sheen which is highly desirable in candy. This luster orsheen is immediately produced on the surface of the candy, if the Candyis stretched or pulled even to a slight degree.

lThe die shown in Figs. 4 and 5 hereof is believed to be of novelandpatentable structure, and the right is reserved to make applicationas provided by law for Letters Patent of the said die.

What I claim is;

l. As a new article of manufacture, a piece of candy havinguninterrupted parallel passages extending from one edge to the other ofthe piece of candy, said passages being arranged to form a predeterminedpattern.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a piece of candy havinguninterrupted parallel passages extending from one edge to the other ofthe piece, said passages being polygonal in cross section and arrangedin predetermined pattern with their adjacent sides parallel.

3. As a new article of manufacture a piece of candy composed of a shellsurrounding a plurality of uninterrupted parallel passages extendingfrom one edge of the piece to the other, said passages containing llingmaterial.

United States covering the 4. The process of making porous candy l whichconsists inv forcing candy through a die provided with hole-formingmembers to form a strand of candy having relatively.

large passages extending lengthwise thereof, and then stretching thecandy to reduce the cross-sectional area thereof.

ln'testimony whereof l aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. LASKEY. Witnesses:

GEORGE P. Dirge, ALICE H. MORRISON.

